Menahga (/məˈnɑːɡə/ mə-NAH-gə)[4] is a city in Wadena County in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

[5] Menahga was platted in 1891, and named for an Ojibwe language word meaning "there are [many] blueberries".

42.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 24.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

37.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The writer-illustrator Wallace Wood, best known as one of the original five Mad cartoonists, was born in Menahga on June 17, 1927.

College basketball head coach Don Monson was born in Menahga in 1933; he moved to Idaho as a child.

[12] Joseph Andrew Quinn, politician and lawyer was born in Menahga.

Festivities includes costumes contests where celebrants wear purple for the vineyards and green for the grasshoppers, and a parade [15][16]